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A. M. HARRIS T-OY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. I916.

Patented Feb. 27,1911.

iNVENTOR ATTORNEY ALFRED M. HARRIS,

F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY.

Specification otl'ietters Patent; Patented Feb, 2?, 1917.

Application filed March 23, 1916. Serial ssjaos.

' 7 '0 all whom it may concern:

ycitizen of the United .l)etro|t. III the 'ot' hhclugan, ha ve invented certain new and I lte it known that I, Amman M. HARRIS, a- .States, residing at county ot'-\Vayne and State usct'ul Improvements in 'lo vs,-ot' which the following, is a specification.

This -invention'relates to automatic toys and has for its primary object to provide a toy that will stimulate amusement for children by carrying loads of material up an incline and automatically dumping the same.

Anotherobject of this invention is the provision of a toy provided with a car adapted to he hauled upon an incline. and the contents dumped from the car with provision for conducting the contents from the dumping position to the starting point of the car.

further obje t ot this invention is the provision of a toy which will contain instructive as well as amusing mechanical movements and appli.-lnces and which will be instructive to both young and elderly people.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a. toy which consists of com- ].mrativcly few parts andis simple in construction. but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantag s and merits thereot'. reference is to he had to the Following description and the accompairving drawings, vherc in isillustra-ted the preferred form of my invention, in which: 4 I

Figure 1 is a side elevation. parts eing shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

A pluralitv of uprights or supporting posts 1 are provided which vary in length in order that the track 2 which is mounted thereon will he disposed at an angle. Each of the members which go to form-the rails" of the track are provided with loops 3 which depend from the track in an arcuate form as clearly indicated by Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Cross braces 4 are arranged on each of the supporting posts 1 and are provided with guide pulleys 5 which have a bearing in the center of the cross braces 4. A car 6 is provided, and in order that it may travel upon the track 2, a front truck having wheels 7 is mounted at the forward with wheels 8 whichare mounted wheels 8 of which is pivoted at lass for the purpose track the end thereof, while the real-truck is provided adjacent the rear of'the car. The wheels of the front truck are considerably.smaller in. diameter and in width of face tllhn the wheels of the rear truck. A flange"9 is provided on the the reartruck in order that the ca r may he guided and held upon thetracks.

The car is also provided with a bail 10 11 and attached to the hail is a rope or length of twine 12 which is guided over a sheave'13 rotatably mounted at the extreme upperend of the track 2. A windlass H is mounted on the base of the. toy and upon which the rope 12 is adapted to be wound. A crank handle 15 is provided atthe end of the windlass 14 so that rotation may he imparted toythe windof winding the rope thereon. thereby drawing or hauling the car (3 upon the innlined track. A pawl and ratchet 16 of the ordinary construction is provided on the windlass so that the car may he stopped at any desired position upon the track 2.

It will he. observed that the loop which depends from the track 2 is of a width slitticicnt to receive the wheels of the front truck of the car. but not wide enough to receive the wheels of the rear truck. \Vhen the car is made to travel up the inclined front wheels will be received by the loop and by continuing to wind the wiudlass. the car will proceed to turn almost completely over anf y virtue of the wider wheels of the flangeu'members of the rear truck will be held practically in an inverted position as shown'by the dotted lines inFig. 1.

Secured to thetrack 2 is a receptacle 17 which is large enough to receive the material when it is dumped and also the car itself. The bottom of the receptacle 17 is inclined toward the center of the receptacle and secured thereto is a flexible tube 18 through which the contents of the receptacle is adapted to be conducted to the starting point of the car. The tube 18 is fixed thereto and adjacent to its free end is a valve 19 which is adapted to be opened and closed for releasing the material as it goes through the tube when it is desired to refill the car. It is of course undersood that the same inatcrial is to be used over and over again and by this construction the car carries this up the inclined track and by means of the tube I 18, the same material is carried bacl: to the From the foregoing it will be observed that a very slmple and durable toy has been provided, the details of which embody the preferred form. I desire it to be understood however, that slight changes or modifications in the minor details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

I claim: a

A toy comprising an inclined track, the

said track being provided with loops near its upper end, a receptacle suspended from the tracks and having the said loops dis-- posed therein, a car mounted upon the tracks the front wheelsof-which are adapted to be received by the said loops, the rear wheels of the car being of a diameter greater than the width of the loops whereby the said rear wheels will pass over said loops, for inverting the said car and disposing the same into said receptacle, a tube connected to the receptacle and terminating at the starting pointof the car, and means connected to the ear for drawing the same up the inclined tracks. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. r

ALFRED M. HARRIS.

Witnesses: I

VIOLET G; BARRY, GRACE BARRY. 

